Can't wait for the Halo Isolation Forerunner Strategy Game developed by Blizzard and Playtonic :)
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Can't wait for the Halo Isolation Forerunner Strategy Game developed by Blizzard and Playtonic :)
I can't agree more. just saw a video of Colt Eastwood writing off Banjo-Kazooie's eventual return. Yes, we definitely need big, AAA, story-driven action adventure games. But we *also* need racing games, third person shooters, strategy games, jrpgs, and *yes*, character-based platformers. There's no reason we can't be excited about a potential new Fable, Halo Infinite, Gears Tactics, and a potential Banjo-Threeie all together at the same time! They can, and *should*, co-exist.
I found that video to be really weird. Almost as if it was made as a clickbait video. I'd like to think that wasn't the point though.
XGS is currently funding games of all types and sizes, and yet we should draw the line Banjo-Kazooie? One of the biggest 3D platformers of the 90s doesn't deserve a new chance because it would supposedly stop cinematic AAA games from being made? A new Banjo-Kazooie game wouldn't cost nearly as much as a AAA blockbuster game anyways, so it's a really silly comparison to make.
Exactly. If say Double Fine were to create a new Banjo game, how does this get in the way of Xbox getting a big, AAA, story-driven action adventure game!? Mediatonic Games developing Gears POP! didn't prevent The Coalition from creating Gears 5.
Agreed. Believe me, I can't wait for those big ol' AAA bangers either. But you can't take away my hope and optimism for games of all types to hit Game Pass. I would absolutely go from playing Halo Infinite, to playing Fable IV, to playing Banjo-Threeie, to playing Killer Instinct 2, to playing Bleeding Edge, to playing Flight Simulator lmao. Maybe I just like a wider variety of games than some of these people, idk. But if Mario can continue having success, if Crash and Spyro can come back, if flippin' Voodoo Vince can show up again after all these years (and waaaaay less hype), SURELY there's a CHANCE we get a new Banjo game in the future. And surely, that isn't too much to ask.
I did say this before and it was pointed out that it would still need to retain its charm and British humour so as long as rare take care of that part it could work
If Rare was involved? Specifically Gregg Mayles, but hopefully also people like Paul Cunningham and Leigh Loveday.
Yes, definitely.
I would only want Double Fine to develop it if they wanted it themselves though. There's a bunch of known developers I could see being capable of doing it:
Rare in-house:
With their new IP focus I don't expect this to happen. At best, they're going to serve as a publisher within the publisher like they're doing with Battletoads.
Playtonic:
I know they're not currently working on it, but no one is saying it couldn't happen a couple of years from now.
Playful:
I think they're in a somewhat similar situation as Playtonic where they want to develop their own IPs. Still putting them on the list based on the reception the Switch version of SLT has recieved.
Gears for Breakfast:
Developers of A Hat in Time. I believe they've said they'd be willing to work on the Banjo IP, but maybe I'm mistaken.
Asobo:
Not what they're currently known for, but they made several family friendly games for Xbox in the Kinect days
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They would make some super quirky Banjo games. MS should just let their internal studios have a game jam with any MS IP they want.
That'd be interesting for sure. I think Double Fine would be a better fit for Conker than Banjo, in my opinion, but I'd be stoked either way. I just see their sense of humor shining thru on a Conker game.
Not I, said The Cat.
For I enjoy all manner of games, big or small, short or tall, round or square, over here or over there.
Wouldn't want to see them spread themselves too thin. Gotta focus on the bigger games.
I'm pretty sure they already said these new teams have access to IP in the vault. Like I doubt you cii ok old just work on another Halo or Gears game because those are owned by other studios but if NT or obsidian wanted to work on a phantom dust game I expect it would be okay'd
I hope so. I haven't played every fighting game this Gen but KI was imo the best fighter and definitely the one I put the most time into. It was so under rated. Hope it gets a sequel on scarlet
Cause there was almost zero marketing for it. It was just "some F2P fighting game" for many people with couple of characters at start.
Everything about it said it should be bad. It was a "Free to Start" game that only had 6 fighters and limited modes. A launch title for the Xbox one that already has a ton of negative buzz. And then the original dev gets bought and a new dev gets brought on to make the next addition. Even through all of that it turned out great. And what's crazy is they have it a bunch of Xbox one X
upgrades and it's still not on gamepass, why?
Edit: Saw that it was recently added to game pass.
They might just have the deepest and most diverse bench of ip's of all the platform holders. I don't see a way that all of their IP's come back. I hope certain ones return. Banjo would be great but it's like half-life 3, I don't think the game can get past it's own hype regardless of its quality. I want some Shadowrun, Perfect Dark, Mech Warrior, Conker... I hope we get more of their old IP
Double Fine would literally be the perfect developer for a Rick and Morty game. I would pay so much money for that. And there's a lot of material there for a legit video game. I know they had that VR title and it was ok.
Well , Squanch Games exists. So that's not happening anytime soon.
More likely deep diving a new game that's being announced (Age 4 if I had to guess).
if the obsidian survival thing is true, then they would have used a similar format, instead of "redacted"
Redacted could mean anything, a new game, a demo of an already announced game, a new trailer, etc.
If there's going to be an acquisition, it'll be announced on the Thursday main show. My guess is that 'redacted' is a closer look at a game that will have been announced the day before.
It was, but they haven't ever actually shown the game yet, so actually revealing the game will be one of the big announcements, I doubt they'd spend a hour talking about a studio acquisition.
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Double Fine could make a great Banjo game, and I think I'd prefer them to anyone else at this point.
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I think the obsidian logo is there because everyone currently thinks it's just Outer Worlds related, oh well not long to find out!
This more or less confirms to me that Obsidian is announcing a new game. If it was Outer Worlds they simply would have put that as the title like they did with Sea of Thieves, Bleeding Edge, and Wasteland 3.
Yeah I agree but damn if he wasn't honest with himself and his audience. Admitting it could have been him and Obsidian while conceding he doesn't know how to proceed. That is some honest self reflection. Glad to see a Dev be that open about their games. Much respect.
Thought I saw a polished cinematic 1.5 years from launch. The "tech demo" was 2.5 years from release.
In the HCS future update they mentioned news in spring... I really hope so as well but I wouldn't get my hopes up, there's been zero teasing and hints so far.
i'm not seeing it. mind providing a quote? also, i wouldn't necessarily expect HCS info to coincide with MP flighting. in fact, i'd think they'd hold off talking about the future of HCS in detail until MP has been unveiled. reveal mp, announce flighting, flight game, go more in depth with infinite HCS details to continue to build hype.
EDIT: this? "As we continue to work on the program and hit key milestones, we'll continue to provide more updates on our progress in early 2020 and beyond". yeah, i dont think this necessarily means no MP news until early 2020. as i posted, i'd lead with the reveal and lead into hcs news down the road. early 2020 would be perfect timing in my scenario.
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343 community manager said a few months ago we would see infinite again this year and hinted flighting would start this year too.
Yeah that's it.
I would love nothing more than being wrong... flighting in 2019 would be amazing for the game as well.
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